Secondary English language learning resources: tv and cinema

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Movie comprehension’ How to Train Your Dragon’ to know whether the students comprehend the movie- Multiple choice questions and some open ended questions, 25 altogether. Answer key is also given.
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Song listening activity is loved by the students. Hand over the copy with blanks to the students and the teacher will keep the lyrics with her- then ask the student to listen to the song for 3 times only and fill in the blanks- this is a good and engaging way to assess listening to the language- students thoroughly enjoy this class.

A pair work speaking activity with Disney (&amp; other) cartoon characters.
Target Language: Too &amp; Enough
Too + Adjective
Adjective + Enough
Instructions:
-Divide students into pairs. Place a set of question cards, picture side up, between each pair.
-Student A draws the first card and reads the question.
-Student B tries to guess the answer, using too and enough
-If Student B struggles, Student A can give the hint, which consists of the required adjectives
-It is then Student B’s turn to read the question.

This yr 9 unit has everything for an entire unit of work including the student work book, assessment task and all of the lessons planned.
The workbooklet uses famous film scenes and current film trailers to teach students about genre conventions and film trailer conventions.
Students lead this unit at their own pace, using the workbooklet to prompt analysis skills. All trailers have the links embedded in the workbooklet and the powerpoint introduction to the unit is attached.
Students complete the booklet by writing their own film trailer treatment (exemplar provided in booklet) and producing a mixed genre film trailer.

This is a collection of some of my favourite reading comprehension activities, available as a bundle at a heavily discounted price.
This will provide enough comprehensions and activities to last for a whole year of guided reading activities, ideally for children in Years 5 and 6.

ESL speaking lessons are topic based lessons. Each lesson comes with a wide range of activities to ensure sound development of fluency and accuracy of students. Instructions are clear and easy to follow. Activities are easy to implement. They don’t require any extra preparation, just print and go to teach.
ESL Speaking Lessons aim to meet CEFR B1/B2 level speaking goals. Therefore, lessons go well with students at these levels.
This particular lesson includes following activities:
-discussion questions
-discussion topics
-talking about movie genres
writing
dialog completion

3 practice booklets for Essential Skills Literacy (suitable for Entry Level 3).
Each booklet has 6 pages of activities similar to those found in the Entry Level 3 assessment.
There are 9 questions in each booklet based around topics that are of interest to young people today. The last question in each booklet is a letter-writing task. It is great practice for the assessment but also for general literacy skills as there are opportunities to practise letter-writing, form-filling and dictionary work.

There are 5 worksheets based on “How I met your mother” (season 1, episodes 5-10).
I used them for my pre-intermediate ESL students.
Each worksheet has a wordlist of new words from an episode, discussion questions (to check listening comprehension), a task to practise new words.

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the controversial world of child beauty pageants and the effects of the child star lifestyle on adult development.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions a True or False exercise, a fill-in-the-gaps exercise and a fun crossword. The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included.

Worksheet looking at sentence structures. Students will first look at the definitions of simple, compound, complex and minor sentence. They will then have to identify what sentence type has been used in a series of sentences, ending with rewriting a piece of writing using a variation of sentence forms.

Set of 12 cards to practise using quantifiers such as much/many/any/some in conversation. Great for cutting out the cards and giving them to different teams, or for you to work in small groups, and even for sharing with online students! You could also use the images to make a quick PowerPoint presentation, so much flexibility!
Included:
12 jpg elementary level quantifiers question cards.
1 A4 PDF printable file for printing and cutting out the cards in a smaller version.
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Thematic discussion questions designed to encourage fluency &amp; confidence in English
Ideal to use as an engaging warmer or as a dynamic speaking activity to finish a class.
Aimed at adults and teenagers.
1. Print &amp; cut 1 set (double-sided) of flashcards for each pair of students.
**2.**Students draw a question card and ask their partner. Encourage students to:
• Extend their answers
• Elicit more information
• Agree / disagree with their partners
• Justify their arguments
3. Change pairs
4. Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember
which their old partner has just told them.

Thematic discussion questions designed to encourage fluency &amp; confidence in English
Ideal to use as an engaging warmer or as a dynamic speaking activity to finish a class.
Aimed at adults and teenagers.
1. Print &amp; cut 1 set (double-sided) of flashcards for each pair of students.
**2.**Students draw a question card and ask their partner. Encourage students to:
• Extend their answers
• Elicit more information
• Agree / disagree with their partners
• Justify their arguments
3. Change pairs
4. Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember
which their old partner has just told them.

18 x ESL Conversation Activity Worksheets
No prep pair-work speaking activities.
Topics:
1) Music
2) Nations
3) Neighbours
4) Nature
5) Numbers
6) Personality
7) Politics
8) Religion
9) Routines
10) Science
11) Shopping
12) Sport
13) Technology
14) Television
15) Transport
16) Travel
17) Weather
18) Work
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using English
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Firstly, Secondly, Finally
However, On the other hand , Whereas
Furthermore, In addition, Moreover
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS

16 x ESL Conversation Activity Worksheets
No prep pair-work speaking activities.
Topics:
1) Fashion
2) Feelings
3) Food
4) Future
5) Geography
6) Health
7) History
8) Hobbies
9) Homes
10) Humour
11) Internet
12) Inventions
13) Languages
14) Love
15) Media
16) Money
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using English
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Firstly, Secondly, Finally
However, On the other hand , Whereas
Furthermore, In addition, Moreover
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS

16 x ESL Conversation Activity Worksheets
No prep pair-work speaking activities.
Topics:
1) Advertising
2) Animals
3) Art
4) Buildings
5) Business
6) Celebrations
7) Childhood
8) Cities
9) Colour
10) Countryside
11) Crime
12) Education
13) Entertainment
14) Environment
15) Fame
16) Family
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using English
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Firstly, Secondly, Finally
However, On the other hand , Whereas
Furthermore, In addition, Moreover
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS

No prep pair-work speaking activity.
Topic of conversation: TELEVISION
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using English
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Firstly, Secondly, Finally
However, On the other hand , Whereas
Furthermore, In addition, Moreover
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS

No prep pair-work speaking activity.
Topic of conversation: HUMOUR
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using English
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Firstly, Secondly, Finally
However, On the other hand , Whereas
Furthermore, In addition, Moreover
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS

No prep pair-work speaking activity.
Topic of conversation: HOBBIES
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using English
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Firstly, Secondly, Finally
However, On the other hand , Whereas
Furthermore, In addition, Moreover
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS

No prep pair-work speaking activity.
Topic of conversation: FAME
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using English
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Firstly, Secondly, Finally
However, On the other hand , Whereas
Furthermore, In addition, Moreover
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS

No prep pair-work speaking activity.
Topic of conversation: ENTERTAINMENT
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using English
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Firstly, Secondly, Finally
However, On the other hand , Whereas
Furthermore, In addition, Moreover
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS

No prep pair-work speaking activity.
Topic of conversation: ADVERTISING
Part 1: Photo description &amp; comparison
Encourages use of linking terms, connectors and cohesive devices
Vocabulary acquisition
Part 2: Discussion questions
Debates
Agree / disagree
Advantages / disadvantages
Encourages fluency and confidence using English
Can be used for a 1-1 speaking class or pair-work activity in a large class
Instructions for PART 1:
1) Working with a partner with the same photo (student As with As, Bs with Bs), students attempt to identify the vocabulary in their photo. (alternatively, for low-level students, the teacher can provide students with a vocabulary list and the students label the photo).
2) Change pairs to AB.
3) Student A describes photo while student B listens attentively.
4) Student B describes photo while student A listens attentively.
5) Still without looking at each other’s photos, students attempt to identify 3 differences between their photos.
Students may now look at each other’s photos and describe 2-3 differences each.
Encourage use of CONNECTORS:
Firstly, Secondly, Finally
However, On the other hand , Whereas
Furthermore, In addition, Moreover
Instructions for PART 2
1) Students ask each other the discussion questions. Encourage students to:
Extend their answers
Elicit more information
Agree / disagree with their partners
Justify their arguments
2) Students try and report to their new partner everything they can remember which their old partner has just told them.
Encourage students to use the questions to guide their memory.
GAMIFICATION ALTERNATIVES PROVIDED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS

The worksheet contains tasks based on Breaking bad series (season 3 episode 2).
A good worksheet for Breaking bad includes a wporksheet of vocabulary that might be new for students, a fill-in-gap exercise, questions to practise new words, discussion questions (about the episode). It’s ideal for Intermediate students to provide extra speaking and listening practice. It helps to enlarge students’ vocabulary.

The worksheet contains tasks based on Breaking bad series (season 2 episode 11).
A good worksheet for Breaking bad includes a wporksheet of vocabulary that might be new for students, a fill-in-gap exercise, questions to practise new words, discussion questions (about the episode). It’s ideal for Intermediate students to provide extra speaking and listening practice. It helps to enlarge students’ vocabulary.

This bundle includes different Reading Comprehension Worksheets suitable for higher intermediate advanced ESL learners. The texts explore the effects of bullying on children and adult psychology and mental health.
After carefully reading each informational text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False, gap filling exercises, crosswords, word search exercises, definitions matching exercises and engage in in-depth classroom discussions on topics relevant to each text. The vocabulary used in the texts is rather advanced and can also be used for IGCSE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes. Full answer keys are included.

World Book Day 2018
PowerPoint presentation and quiz that includes:
What is World Book Day?
Why is it celebrated?
Where is it celebrated?
Why books are great.
What’s your favourite book?
Book Quiz:
Round 1: Name 6 fictional characters
Round 2: Name 5 comic book heroes
Round 3: Complete titles of 10 Horrible Histories
Round 4: Name 5 more comic book heroes
Round 5: Name 6 more fictional characters
Round 6: Name another 5 comic book heroes
Round 7: Solve the fictional characters’ anagrams
Round 8: Complete the book titles
Round 9: Name the authors
Task sheets and word search

Lesson teaching students how to write a film review.
Lesson includes:
-homophone literacy task
-review activity for 'Black Panther'
- structure of a film review
-sentence starters/structure to help students write their review

An end-of-unit activity that could also work as cover work that I created for a mixed ability Year 9 EAL class. This forms part of their study of characterisation and renewal, and can be done alongside the Justice League movie, or very possibly without.

This is a brilliant resource I have used with both GCSE and Functional English students to help them understand bias writing and inference. I have an FE background and so encouraged to embed English into other disciplines, this resource was initially used to teach dance students however I quickly found that students from almost any discipline responded to this resource and so its compatibility naturally grew. Therefore this resource can be used when teaching Paper 2 Question 3 with AQA GCSE English Language students or L2 FS. This resource uses a clip from Americas Best Dance Crew, this dance troop are diverse in culture, gender and age - as the youngest is only 15, knowing small details like this can help students confidence and can go a little way to helping to break down barriers of gender and culture. It also allows the teacher to expand on these ideas and themes if they so wanted to. This lesson uses group and team discussion, allows the students to share and build on their own ideas therefore encouraging independent discovery and learning and looks into biased writing, identifying biased language and phrases and ends with a final writing task of their own with a peer marking assessment. The identifying task is designed to challenge and there are words banks to support the weaker students. This resource can be altered and developed further to suit your course and / or students if desired. Hope it helps

Have your students interacting with one another in class! This is a fun Find Someone Who activity! Intermediate students will learn vocabulary about &quot;movies&quot; and, for higher levels, it's a great warm up activity!
2 printable PDFs included (Letter Size and A4 size)
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This is not only a word search. Pupils / Students will have to help Batman and Superman save Gotham City. In order to do so, they will have to find 15 verbs in the past simple in the grid and then write it down next to the verb which is at the infinitive. This activity will be differentiated in three different levels.
There will also be an extension activity. An homework activity is also included within this resource. It is fun. It is easy to use and students loved it.

This is a starter activity which is about Superheroes. This handout can be used in an EFL / ESL class as well as French and any other modern languages. I am also using differentiation in this activity. Enjoy.

Great ESL resource for triggering conversations about movies, reviewing or learning new vocabulary. Which ones are positive/negative? Let's think of example movies for each one!
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A list of the most common movie genres to trigger conversations about movies and review vocabulary with your students, hope you enjoy it!
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Title of lesson: Typography
Tasks include a range of differentiated activities (with A* challenge), such as a do now, main activity, practice exam question, self/peer assessment task, homework task.
OUTSTANDING LESSON PRODUCED BY A PEARSON TEACHING AWARD SILVER MEDAL WINNER
I taught the lesson in a 3 part series, but can equally be taught in 1 lesson or 2 depending on the ability of your students and the detail you wish to go into.
This is part of a year long scheme of work that can be used for GCSE, AS or A Level Media Studies. This resource has and can be taught to year 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13’s. It has received very positive feedback from staff and students.
This lesson
The learning objective: To define, apply and evaluate Typography.
The learning journey: Can I outline Typography? , Can I apply Typography? Can I evaluate Typography?
The lesson covers: Typography, Text style, Font, Typeface, Size, Leading, Tracking and Kerning, Justified, Hierarchy and Scale, Point, X-height, Set width, Vertical space, Narrow Kerning, Large Kerning, Left aligned, Right aligned, Centre aligned, Justified text, Headings, Sub-Headings, Colour, Spacing, Weight, Serif, Sans Serif, Script, Stem, Serifs, Bar, Curve, Continuous Curve, Aperture, Ear, Hairline, Diacritical, Loop, Tittle, Free Font Website.
Students love it and make good progress and the progress steps are clearly defined. The final task is an example of a past paper exam question.
There is also a homework slide attached. 26 slide PowerPoint. More like 3 lessons in one!
I strive to improve my resources so any feedback really appreciated. I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson as much as I did.